Car bumper



Fab. 14, 1928.

H. JASPERSEN CAR BUMPER Filed June 27, 1927 3 Sheets-$heet 1 INVENTOR:

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1,659,363 H..JASPERSEN v CAR BUMPER Filed June 27, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ll/Lrozv (/ASPERJEN ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

HILTON JASPE R SEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed June 27,

My invention relates to a new and useful car bumper adapted for use on railroad tracks, at terminals, siding, shifting yards and the like, whereby rolling stock is prevented from running oli the rails or from passing certain points or limits.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel car bumper of this character which will act as an effective and the same time yielding butter or stop, thereby to eliminate jars, shoclr, and vibration usually incident to the impact of railroad cars with bumping posts of this character and to avoid all damage to the rolling stock.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a car bumper which is not necessarily restricted in its application to the terminal or end of the rails but one which may be erected upon or secured to any suitable point along the track without any damage to the same and which when removed will leave the tracks in their original, normal, and undisturbed condition.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a durable, efficient and inexpensive bumping post construction whichwill effectively and yieldably withstand the impact of railroad cars having a relatively great amount of momentum, without the aid of springs or similar easily damaged, ex pensive and complicated devices.

To the above ends, my invention consists of bars secured to the rails of a railroad track, oppositely disposed and inclined brace members having their lower edges secured to said rails and their upper ends secured to each other, a bumper head or block carried by the upper end of said bracing members and projecting outwardly therefrom, and reinforcing means for said bumper head and said bars.

My invention further consists of a novel construction of bumper head comprising an inner resilient core and outer two-part rigid casing therefor, whereby a suflicient amount of rigidity and resiliency is imparted to said bumper head, eifectively and resiliently to check the movement of the rolling stock.

My invention further consists of other novel features of construction and advantage which will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings.

For the purposeof illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at pres- 1927. Serial No. 201,959.

ent preferred by me, since the same has been iound in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be various ly arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1, represents a top plan View of a car bumper construction, embodying my invention. a

Fig. 2, represents a side elevation of the same. i I

Fig. 3, represents a front view of the same. a

Fig. l, represents a rear view of the same.

Fig. 5, represents on an enlarged scale a detail view of the rear side channel connection.

Fig. 6, represents, on an enlarged scale, a detail view of the rear cross bar connection.

Fig. 7, represents section on line 77 of Fig. 1. a

Fig. 8, represents on an enlarged scale, a detail view'of the front side channel connection. 1 v

Fig. 9, represents a plan view of the same.

Fig. 10, represents fragmentary plan view of a modified construction embodying my invention.

Fig. 11, represents a side elevation of the same. p

Fig. 12, represents perspective view of the bumper head seen in the upper righthand portion of Fig. 11, shown detached.

In the accompanying drawings inwhich like reference characters designate like parts, 1 designates railroad ties to which are secured the rails 2 by means of the spikes 8. To either sideof the rails 52 is secured a steel bar 4: by means of the bolts 5, said bars being alsosecuredto ties or cross bars 6 by means of the spikes or other fastening means 7. Afront reinforcing cross bar 9 and a rear reinforcing cross bar 10 are suitably secured to thebars 4 by the bolts 11 to prevent said bars from spreadin Tothe bars 4:, are secured the upwardly and rearwardly inclined channel irons 12 by means of the brackets 13 engaging the bars i and having the bolts i l and 15 pas-sing therethrough, as will be understood from Figs. 8 and 9. A

corresponding pair of rear upwardly and forwardly inclined channel irons 16 are secured to the bars 4; by the brackets 17, and the bolts 18, as will be understood from Fig. 5.

The upper ends of the front and rear channels 12 and 16 respectively are secured to the common reinforcing plates 19 by the bolts 20. To the front ends of the plates are secured the channels 21 by the bolts 22 and said channels encasing the wooden block or head 23, as will be understood from Figs. 1, 2, and 10. In Figs. 10 and 11 I have shown a modified construction wherein I employ the plates 24, channel 25, and plate 26, secured to each other and to the bars 4. and the ties 1 substantially in the manner above described, except that I omit the brackets 13 and secure the front plates or channels directly to the bars a. To the upper ends of said plates and channels are secured the chan nels 21 encasing the bumper head or block 23. The front and rear reinforcing cross bars 9 and 10 are also secured to the bars 1 in the manner hereinbefore described.

Thus, when a railroad car (not shown) is backed up against the bumping post the drawhead of the car comes in contact with the outer channel iron 21, the inner wooden block or head 23 being thus protected from damage that would otherwise result from such impact. The inner wooden core 23 imparts the necessary amount of resiliency to my bumping post construction so as to absorb or eliminate the jerks and jars incident to the stopping of bodies having a relatively great amount of momentum. Due to the novel two part construction of the channel irons 21 encasing the wooden core 23, further resiliency is imparted to this construction and allowance is made for expansion and contraction of the inner wooden core as well as the channel iron casing. While I have described the core 23 as being preferably of wood, it will be apparent that other equivalent materials may be employed, if desired.

A rear plate 26 is suitably secured to the upper end of the channel 25 for the purpose of reinforcing the same and the construction of the channel irons 21 as will be understood from Figs. 1, 2, 4:, 10 and 11.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction of car bumper which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiments thereof which have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, "what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the character statwl, a core, a pair of inner and outer channel irons substantially enclosing the same, upwardly converging supports, a plate secured to the apex of said supports, and fastening devices passin through said channel irons, core and plate.

2. In a device'of the character stated, a core, a pair of inner and outer channel irons substantially enclosing the same, upwardly converging supports, a plate secured to the apex of said supports, fastening devices passing through said channel irons, core and plate, and supporting bars secured to the lower ends of said converging supports longitudinally thereof.

3. In a device of the character stated, a core, a pair of inner and outer channel irons substantially enclosing the same, front and rear upwardly converging supports, a reinforcing plate secured to the apex of said supports, fastening devices passing through said channel irons, core and plate, and a rear reinforcingcross bar secured to the lower ends of said rear supports transversely thereof.

4. In a device of the character stated, a core, a pair of inner and outer channel irons substantially enclosing the same, front and rear upwardly converging supports, a reinforcing plate secured to the apex of said supports, fastening devices passing througl'i said channel irons, core and plate, a rear reinforcing cross bar secured to the lower ends of said rear supports t ansversely thereof, and supporting bars secured to the lower ends of said converging supports longitudinally thereof.

5. In a device of the character stated, a core, a pair of inner and outer channel irons substantially enclosing the same, front and rear upwardly converging supports, a reinforcing plate secured to the apex of said supports, fastening devices passing through said channel irons, core and plate, a rear reinforcing cross bar secured to the lower ends of said rear supports transversely thereof, and a front reinforcing cross bar secured to the lower ends of the front supports transversely thereof.

(5. In a device of the character stated. a core, a pair of inner and outer channel irons substantially enclosing the same, front and rear upwardly converging supports, a rcinforcing plate secured to the apex of said supports, fastening devices passing through said channel irons, core and plate, a rear reinforcing cross bar secured to the lower ends of said rear supports, a front reinforcing cross bar secured to the lower ends of the front supports, and longitudinal bars secured to the lower ends of the aligning front and rear converging supports.

7. The combination of a railroad track, pairs of parallel, contiguous bars rigidly secured to the rails thereof, a pair of parallel, front, upwardly and rearw ardly inclined channel iron braces having their lower ends secured to said bars intermediate thereof, a pair of parallel, rear, forwardly and upwardly inclined braces, having their lower edges secured to said bars intermediate there: of, front nad rear reinforcing cross bars secured to said bars transversely thereof, reinforcing, plates secured to the upper ends of said front and rear braces, a sectional channel iron casing secured to said reinforcing plates and projecting outwardly therefrom and adapted to act as a stop for a car on said rails, and a core disposed in said casing to impart resiliency thereto.

8. The combination of a railroad track, pairs of parallel, contiguous bars rigidly secured to the rails thereof, a pair of parallel,

front, upwardly and rearwardly inclined braces having their lower ends secured to said bars intermediate thereof, a pair of parallel, rear, forwardly and upwardly inclined steel plate braces having their lower edges secured to said bars intermediate thereof, front and rear reinforcing cross bars secured to said bars transversely thereof, a central, vertical reinforcing plate common to said front and rear braces, a two part channel iron casing secured to the upper end of said central reinforcing plate and proje-cting therefrom and adapted to act as a stop for a car on said rails, a Wooden core disposed in said casing to impart resiliency thereto, and fastening devices common to said casing, core and plate.

HILTON J ASPERSEN. 

